Northeast Indiana saw record-setting reporting Thursday for COVID-19 infections, as did the state, according to public health data.
Allen County reported 243 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, bringing the county’s total to 9,171. No new deaths were reported Thursday.
After seeing numbers climb to an average of about 1,000 a day just a few weeks ago, and hitting 2,000 for the first time on Oct. 15, Indiana saw 3,649 new cases reported Thursday.
Nearly 460 of those cases were reported in northeast Indiana, where there were also three new deaths reported.
Those between the ages of 50-59 represent the highest percentage of those testing positive for COVID-19 in northeast Indiana.
Statewide, hospitalizations were at their highest level since March 13, and only 600 patients off the record.
County totals for northeast Indiana:
- Adams: 13 new cases, 633 total
- Allen: 243 new cases, 9,171 total
- DeKalb: 31 new cases, 864 total
- Huntington: 26 new cases, 498 total
- Kosciusko: 48 new cases, 2,195 total
- LaGrange: 19 new cases, 851 total
- Noble: 21 new cases, 1,293 total
- Steuben: 21 new cases, 705 total
- Wabash: 19 new cases, 507 total
- Wells: 18 new cases, 504 total
- Whitley: 13 new cases, 521 total
Sources include the Indiana State Department of Health and local department of health statistics.
